Mira Miroslavova - Grimm’s Fairy Tales

Mira Miroslavova belongs to that type of illustrator captivated by decoration. Her affinity for beautiful details, ornamentation, and a noble colour palette is visible in all of her illustrations, and these for the fairy tales of the Brothers Grimm are no exception. The stylized characters and motifs are arranged in in one plane, like a tapestry. Without complex perspectives, the point of view is frontal, and most compositions are symmetrical or arranged in the form of patterns and friezes. The artist diversifies this model in places by creating more freely composed scenes from the particular fairy tale. Some of them span two facing pages, allowing the painstaking development of each element to be examined in detail. Around the titles of the tales and in the vignettes with which the entire book is dotted, she spins tangles of floral motifs, birds and horses. The illustrations were created digitally, with tools that achieve the effect of a multi-layered tempera technique or coloured pencils. Mira Miroslavova paints with the passion of a child and the routine of a professional.